European Exploration

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Across
  1. 4. Spanish explorer who named Florida and searched for the Fountain of
  2. 7. Motivations for exploration: glory, God, and _____
  3. 9. His expedition was the first to sail around the world, although he was killed en route
  4. 12. First Englishman to claim American soil
  5. 13. First English colony in America; vanished
  6. 14. French explorer that claimed Canada for France
  7. 15. First Englishman to circumnavigate the world
  8. 16. Realized that the Americas were a separate continent (not Asia)
  9. 17. Called 'the Navigator'; Portuguese aristocrat who wanted to find a water route around Africa for trade with the East
Down
  1. 1. Established the first English colony in North America
  2. 2. Columbus' ships: Nina, Pinta, and _________
  3. 3. Credited with the European discovery of the Americas
  4. 5. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire
  5. 6. First European to see the Pacific Ocean
  6. 8. First known European to land in North America
  7. 10. The person who funded Columbus' sea explorations
  8. 11. Direction Columbus wanted to sail to get to Asia
  9. 14. Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico